TY - MAP
AU - Doncker, Hendrick, 1626-1699
PB - Hendrick Doncker
TI - De zee-atlas ofte water-waereld [electronic resource] : vertoonende alle de zee-kusten van het bekende deel des aerd-bodems seer dienstigh voor alle schippers en stuurlieden, mitsgaders koop-lieden om op 't kantoor gebruyckt te werden. Nieuwelijcks aldus uytgegeven
KW - Nautical charts -- Early works to 1800.
A2 - Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652
CY - Amsterdam
N1 - The atlas contains title, preface, World map by Cl.J. Visscher (1652), 17 charts with address of Hendrick Doncker and for the greater part dated 1658-1659, and a chart entitled "Mar di India" without address, totalling altogether 19 maps. Covering all parts of the known world, the maps are richly coloured and embellished with gold leaf, while the title of each plate is encased in a decorative cartouche. The atlas is a gentleman's library copy of the actual charts, in a reduced format, which would have been used by Dutch mariners of the day. Acquired by the Australian Government in 1909, as part of the Petherick Collection of the National Library of Australia, this is a very rare sea atlas by the Dutch cartographer, Hendrick Doncker. This copy of the 1659 edition of Doncker's sea atlas was discovered in 1980 to be the only known copy in a public collection.
N1 - Translation of page 9: Lovers of praisworthy Sea-Navigation. Just as I have manufactured, and sold, graduated arcs, angle arcs, and Davis quadrants, and have on occassion satisfied a demand for sea-charts, this has motivated and moved me to create a Sea Atlas, or Water-World, in which is shown and noted all the Sea-Coasts of the known countries of the world. But after the sea-charts are used on board of ships and differences are observed regarding present day conditions by skippers and navigators, I request that if someone has made observations that should be incorporated, or found mistakes that should be corrected in the next issue of the sea-chart, these to be handed to me or made known to me, in order to enable me to make corrections, should that be necessary, in service to all mariners. Recently, I have also published the 'New West-Indien sea-chart' according to Mercator's projection, that includes the whole of England, Scotland, and Ireland, that will be very useful and beneficial for all those who want to sail behind these islands. Also included is a chart of the whole of the Mediterranean Sea, and a large chart of Europe. No doubt that all these shall very well please the user, who shall find complete contentment and pleasure, as wished to you, by your servant Hendrick Doncker.
N1 - Text in Dutch.
PY - 1659
M1 - Accessed from http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4514524
ER -